stodgy是什么意思_stodgy怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull;"why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?"
"a stodgy dinner party"

中英词源

stodgy 易饱的，易撑的，枯燥的，乏味的

stodge,易饱的食物，-y,形容词后缀。引申比喻义枯燥的，乏味的。

stodgy (adj.): 1823, "thick, semi-solid," from stodge "to stuff, satiate" (1670s), of unknown origin, perhaps somehow imitative. Meaning "dull, heavy" developed by 1874 from use in reference to food (1841).

词态变化

比较级 stodgier;
最高级 stodgiest;

权威造句

1. He was disgusted with the stodgy pizzas on sale in London.: 他讨厌吃伦敦卖的难以下咽的比萨饼。

2. It wasn"t easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.: 母亲给她吃易饱的家常菜,她想减掉婴儿肥可是很难.

3. They"re not cultured or interesting, they are boring stodgy old things.: 他们没修养，很乏味，是一群无聊古板的老家伙。

4. I want something to read. These volumes are stodgy.: 我要一些可读的东西, 这些书本本枯燥乏味.

5. She poked fun at Alec because he was shy and stodgy.: 她开亚历克的玩笑,因为他羞怯,同时还有些枯燥沉闷.

近反义词

stuffy (房间等)不通气的...

colorless 无色的

heavy 大(量)的

filling 充填物

starchy 含淀粉的

indigestible 难消化的

dull 呆滞的

turgid (语言或风格等)浮夸而晦...

uninteresting 无趣味的

unexciting 不令人兴奋的...

boring 令人厌烦的

tedious 单调乏味的

dreary 沉闷的

stilted 踩高跷的

moss-grown 生苔的

mossy 多苔的

fogyish 守旧的

stick-in-the-mud 顽固保守的人...

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单词分析

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记忆方法

1. stuff + podge => stodge => stodgy.
2. in some senses perhaps blend of stoff (earlier form of stuff ) and gorge.

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